Press: Ledger Merged

Four months ago Publisher John Charles Martin, son-in-law of the late
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, sold his losing New York Evening Post* to J. David
Stern, publisher of the virile Philadelphia Record. Three weeks ago
there was a report in Philadelphia that Curtis heirs planned to
dispose of the morning Public Ledger, now losing heavily (TIME, March
26). This week that news was confirmed when the Public Ledger announced
that its morning and Sunday editions would be merged at once with the
Curtis-Martin Philadelphia morning Inquirer (circulation: 210,795).
The Evening Ledger will continue...